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NASA Releases HiRISE Images of Curiosity's Descent
gcnaddict writes "NASA released content from the MRO HiRISE imager taken during the descent of the Curiosity Rover. Among the most notable artifacts are the images themselves as well as a diagram showing the exact location of the rover relative to NASA's target."
Update: 08/07 00:15 GMT by U L : And now for a picture from the rover itself.
no matter who wins the next election
I think it's safe to say that if Obama doesn't win the election, NASA's director may get some slightly different marching orders than he got from Obama. Director Bolden, on his meeting with Obama on NASA strategy, mission: " ...perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math and engineering."
Now if that's not a worthy foremost priority for NASA, I don't know what is. Pumping up the self esteem of the Religion Of Peace seems like it should be lower on the totem pole than a whole lot of other objectives (he said it was more important than expanding NASA's interaction with other country's space programs, and more important than inspiring kids to get into math and the sciences. Neato.
Budget issues aside, I'd like to see the agency's mission drift back towards its real target, in much the way that its scientists just bulls-eyed that landing zone on Mars.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
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How is it trolling when Scentcone responds to a highly rated moronic comment regarding the Budget of the US?
You rated it trolling because you disagree with it? You moderated a moronic comment up because you agree with it? What do you think that does to the Slashdot readership?
I used to frequent this forum because it was funny, incisive, informative, interesting, and all of those good things. Now it's just an amalgamation of links I have already seen elsewhere with moderators who can't seem to understand what their role is for this forum. I find myself watching this web site less and less.
This is no longer news for nerds. This is news for politically perverted idiots who can not tolerate honest dissent.
Nearly fifty percent of all graduates come from the bottom half of the class!
The first impression is important. All know that.
Then why Curiosity's first images are of worse quality than those of "Lunokhod 1" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_1 in 1970?
Yes the percentage of sulfate in rocks is important, but we want to see HD color images and HD videos from Mars. Real time. Not when someone important decides to release a black and white photo.